Haven't updated in a while.
The problem I had last month's been worked out. My partner did get back to me. He'd been very busy; a lot of problems at work. The bad news, once we got back on track, is the possibility for the book fell through. I still have hope that something may work out in the future with it, but the author we were writing it for is a bit down. Our hope now is that something can be worked out between him and the publisher for the main series.
Anyhow, my co-writer still has his book to work on, and I still have my short stories for practice, and also the idea I have for a mystery book/series. Once I get that worked out (characters, setting, etc.) I thought I might try a few mystery short stories first. If they don't work out I'll know the elements need working on without putting in a the major effort that a book would demand.
I also have my challenge writing group on Live Journal. I just finished a 2000 word story for that. Well, mine came up to 2600. We were supposed to write a story that showed a character getting angry. I hope mine got angry enough. I may have overreached myself. She's also sad and has had a bit of a shock. I hope my story portrayed her confusion without being confusing.
If my partner isn't too busy, I may ask him to just look it over; no heavy editing, just to see if it does what it's supposed to do.
